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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew myths in Western culture have proven as enduringly provocative as the story of Lucretia — the Roman noblewoman whose violation by Tarquinius Superbus and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some stains on interior front pages - not obscuring text. Small chips on spine.Few stories have...

Author: Ian Donaldson (Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 562 Ben Jonson was the greatest of...

Author: Ian DonaldsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book analyzes the myth of Lucretia and its transformations through history. It examines the...

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His...

Ben Jonson was commonly regarded during his lifetime and the century following his death as a writer whose powers were equal, if not superior, to those of Shakespeare. By the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in the English literary canon ring...

The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the...

A new-cover reissue of the first book in the bestselling five-volume sf series created by the world-famous author of the Thomas Covenant chronicles - and acclaimed as the 'best work...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most subversive masterpieces in the history of English theatre, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera has...

For the right man, all doors are open... Mike Mackenzie is a self-made man with too much time on his hands and a bit of the devil in his soul....

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This story features the further adventures of Thomas Covenant, which began in Lord Foul's Bane and The Illearth War. Lord Foul's victory over the Lords seems certain unless Thomas can...

IM Donaldson examines Fischers life and career from his days as a child prodigy through the height of his World Championship triumph and into his tumultuous final years. Donaldsons meticulous...

In this story Thomas Covenant returns unwillingly to the Land ravaged by 4000 years of Lord Foul's pestilence. Under the evil Sunbane, the people of the Land submit to cruel...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in British royal history have captivated and confounded the public imagination quite like Edward VIII, the...

Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Edward VIII, from his early years as Prince of Wales to...

Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery flee from the Land in search for the One Tree, the powerful life force whose branches alone can re-make the Staff of Law. Lord Foul's...

A riveting, intimate and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time. From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else...

Secondhand Picture Book Bargain Book Box SP4288 Twelve picture books, mostly paperback and mostly recent: two Julia Donaldsons (Tyrannosaurus Drip and The Paper Dolls), Nick Bland’s The Wrong Book, Leila...

The war between Amika and Belleger has raged for generations. Its roots lie in the distant past, beyond memory. Sorcerers from both sides rain destruction down on the battlefield, wielding...

Author: Donald J. Macdonald Of CastletonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald Publishers, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing on book block. Glue stains on endpapers, otherwise...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn a world where mirrors are windows to other realms, a young woman named Terisa Morgan — lonely and invisible in her New York...

Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this foiled 40th anniversary paperback edition of the beloved rhyming classic Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on...

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When Friend died in 1989, he left over 40 volumes of his diary. Now, the National Library has embarked on a major publishing project to to realise his wish that...

Author: Gavin Fry And Colleen FryBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded spine with minor tear to...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling sports biography, this work chronicles the life and extraordinary career of Sir Donald Bradman,...

CONTENTS WORDS AND MUSIC 1. Quiet Subversive John Updike 2. A Sonnet Setting Alexander Goehr 3. Brooksmith by Henry James Daniel Stern 4. Recollections Robert Tear 5. Afterwards Al Alvarez...

'Non-stop action, breakneck pace, deliciously suspenseful... When Shadows Fall was my first DS Max Craigie book and won't be my last - I loved it.' Andrea Mara 'A good old...

The versatile and gifted Douglas Grant was stereotyped in the media as the Black Digger with a Scottish accent. He was much more than that. Well educated by White parents...

The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. You might think you know Judi Dench. In...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the twilight years of steam-powered rail, photographer and railway enthusiast Shane McCarthy undertook a remarkable visual journey across Australia and New Zealand, capturing the...

The ultimate guide to survival, this edition now includes the most essential urban survival tips for today, supplementing the fully updated original, bestselling handbook. The original and best survival guide...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...